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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
232
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 31
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1172
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2621
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Cryptomonas gracilis

Not Evaluated

Eunotia bigibba

Not Evaluated

Meadow brome

Bromus commutatus

Near Threatened

Xylaria filiformis

Least Concern

Diploneis subovalis

Not Evaluated

Galerina nana

Data Deficient

Richard'S Yelloweyed Grass

Xyris jupicai

Not Evaluated

Common Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Not Evaluated

bhutan-cypress

Cupressus torulosa

Least Concern

Leafy Flat-blade Algae

Stypopodium zonale

Not Evaluated

bracken fern

Pteridium esculentum

Not Evaluated

Leaf and stem scab

Elsinoe batatas

Not Evaluated

common large wetland moss

Calliergonella cuspidata

Least Concern

Biscogniauxia cinereolilacina

Near Threatened

Mauritanian convolvulus

Ipomoea mauritiana

Not Evaluated

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Matted sandmat

Euphorbia serpens

Not Evaluated

matchstick flapwort

Odontoschisma denudatum

Not Evaluated

Common Haircap

Polytrichum commune

Least Concern

Marsh Pea

Lathyrus palustris

Endangered

Marsh Mermaid-Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Least Concern

Common Grapefern

Botrypus virginianus

Not Evaluated

Bird Vetch

Vicia cracca

Least Concern

Avian goosefoot

Chenopodium hircinum

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Marblewood

Zygia racemosa

Least Concern

Pearl flower

Heterocentron subtriplinervium

Not Evaluated

Maple

Acer rubrum

Not Evaluated

Common Gold-Dust

Chrysothrix xanthina

Not Evaluated

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Least Concern

Common Garden Poppy

Papaver somniferum

Not Evaluated

wild date palm

Phoenix sylvestris

Not Evaluated

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort

Sagina procumbens

Least Concern

Autumn Millet

Panicum dichotomiflorum

Not Evaluated

Manna gum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Near Threatened

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Least Concern

Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Not Evaluated

Birdeye speedwell

Veronica persica

Not Evaluated

common fanflower

Scaevola aemula

Not Evaluated

bird-eye primrose

Primula farinosa

Near Threatened

American Great Bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Least Concern

African Mahogany

Khaya ivorensis

Vulnerable

Achnanthes parvula

Not Evaluated

White-tipped Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum diaphanum

Least Concern

Paraguayan purslane

Portulaca amilis

Not Evaluated

Common catchfly

Silene gallica

Extinct

male bamboo

Dendrocalamus strictus

Not Evaluated

Queen's-wreath

Petrea volubilis

Least Concern

Queensland fire-wheel-tree

Stenocarpus sinuatus

Least Concern

Australian waterbuttons

Cotula australis

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

maidenhair pocket moss

Fissidens adianthoides

Least Concern

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Least Concern

comb hyptis

Mesosphaerum pectinatum

Not Evaluated

Magellan's peat moss

Sphagnum magellanicum

Not Evaluated

Comatricha tenerrima

Not Evaluated

Maidenhair vine

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Not Evaluated

Slender Cyperus

Cyperus distans

Not Evaluated

Comatricha suksdorfii

Not Evaluated

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